— eristically , adv.
/e ris"tik/ , adj.
1. Also, eristical . pertaining to controversy or disputation; controversial.
n.
2. a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
3. the art of disputation.
[ 1630-40; eristikós, equiv. to erist ( ós ) (verbid of erízein, deriv. of éris discord) + -ikos -IC ]